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LOT 1740
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Fragment
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (70 grams, 91 mm).
'Florid' type with square panel of Style I ornament to the headplate and fragment of one lateral lug with billet ornament, deep bow with square stud, footplate with Style I orament and one lappet, upper section of the mask forming the foot; ferrous lump from the pin and catch to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.36.
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LOT 1740
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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